Auxiliary medical agent and method of preparing the same



A. MATSUMAE Aug. 2, 1938.

AUXILIARY IEDICAL AGENT AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME Filed Sept. 10, 1936 INVENTOR.

I Patented Aug. 2, 1938 UNITED STATES AUxnJAar- MEDICAL AGENT AND METHOD or PREPARING THE SAME Akiyoshi Matsumaa'Kumamoto, Japan Application September 10, 1936, Serial No. 100,168

6Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in a method of manufacturing an auxiliaryagent for drinking medicines such as cod-liveroil, castor oil and other disgustful medicines, and its ob- Ject is to provide an auxiliary medical agent which produces innumerable number of small bubbles of stable nature in water for facilitating the drinking of castor oil etc. without disgustful feeling.

1o Fatty medicines such as cod-liver oils, castor oils and the like as well as bitter powder medi cines give disgustful feeling to patients. It is very desirous to provide some agent to cancel such disgustful odour or unpleasant. taste and l6 protect the medicine from adhering to the tongue or mouth. The present invention is to provide a very conveniently applicable agent for producing an innumerable number of small durable bubbles which envelope the medicine by the 0 strong skin eflect caused by the surface tension in order to attain the above mentioned object.

What I consider to be novel and my inventicn will be better understood by reference to the 25 following description and appended claims when considered in connection with the accompanying drawing which illustrates the manner of using the auxiliary agent of this invention.

Fig. 1 is a. sectional elevation of a cup con- 30 taining alsmall amount of the powder prepared by the method of this invention with water poured therein; Fig. 2 is a sectional view similar to- Fig. 1 illustrating the formation of bubbles; Fig. 3 is a similar sectional view for illus- 35 trating the manner of pouring castor oil; and

Fig. 4 is also a sectional view for illustrating the manner of drinking the castor oil.

Stable bubbles of thick layer can be formed 7 by mechanical means of violently shaking or stir- 40 ring the adhesive liquid for a considerable time.

,But such means requires great labour and mechanical power. Similar bubbles can be formed by injecting air or gas into adhesive liquid and.

are maintained for a'certain period, but such 4:; process needs some mechanical device for injecting air or gas.

In accordance with this invention the above described disadvantages can be avoided by forming stable fine bubbles very easily when de- 50 sired. In carrying my invention into effect. pow- Gum arabic 2 m Tartaric acid" 1 Sodium bicarbonate 1 Flavouring 1 Perfume Small quantity The powder of this invention may be reserved or sold as a liquid by putting a suitable quantity of the powder into the water contained in a bottle and then the bottle is quickly sealed before the bubbles are formed and the formation of bubbles is suppressed by the pressure created in the bottle. v

In using the powder of this invention, a certain quantity of the powder 2 such as 0.5 to 2.0 grams is taken and put in a cup I as shown in; Fig. 1 and about 15 to grams of water is 30 poured in the cup. Then the adhesive materials in the powder are quickly dissolved in water and the gas generating materials generate very fine gas bubbles corresponding to-each particleof the fine powder so that the adhesive liquid is foamed and made into innumerable number of small bubbles. Thus the upper part of the cup. I is filled with a thick layer of the bubbles l as shown in Fig. 2, remaining the water in the lower part of the cup and the bubbles encircled by the adhesive liquid are maintained for a pretty long time. This is probably dueto the fact that the film of the adhesive liquid has a pretty strong surface tension which rather overcomes the pressure of an occluded gas bubble? and has the tendency of contracting, each bubble and the stability of foams or bubbles is maintained for a long period. In case of an ordinary lemonade or aerated water, theevolved gas bubbles have the tendency to unite together quickly so that the volume of a bubble is increased and the surface tension of the liquid film can no more 'balance with the gas pressure and the gas can be dispersed away by breaking the enveloping 2 amass-r I 5 as castor oil or cod-liver oil is poured into the cup i as shown in Fig." 3. The medicine does neither mix with water nor disperse on water, but it accumulates as one mass floating on the water because the medicine is expelled by the surface tension of the liquid and bubbles caused by the tendency of decreasing the volume of each bubble. The medicine does not also adhere to the inside of the cup since the surface is protected by the thin film of aggregation of small bubbles. Then the medicine is drunk by inclining the cup as shown in Fig. :4, in which case the medicine is distinctly separated from water and bubbles by the diflerence of specific gravity and is protected by the skin film of stable hubbles without disgustful odouror taste. Since "water gives fluidity for conveying the medicine I' it can be easily drunk without sticking to the tongue or mouth and also the medicine does not adhere to the cup and no odour is left in the, cup. This is due to the eflfect of stable small bubbles entirely covering the medicine so as not to stick to the other substances. I

The auxiliary agent manufactured by the method of this invention iscarried very conveniently easy for use when required and is very effective to avoid disgustful odour.

Iclaim:-'-'

1. A method of preparing an auxiliary medical a ent to be used for the administration 01' oily and unpleasant tasting medicines, which comprises mixing an alkali'metal compound of carbonic acid, aniacid reacting substance which will set freecarbon dioxide from the said com pound when theimixture is added to water, a

water soluble adhesive gum, a fiavoring substance and a perfume, and finely grinding the 5 mixture, the said mixture, upon the addition of water, yielding a pleasant tasting liquid, and a mass of lasting bubbles of carbon dioxide.

2. An auxiliary medical agent for disguising 7 the taste of oily and unpleasant tasting medil0 cines, which comprise a. finely pulverized mixture of an alkali metal compound 01;. carbonicv acid, an acid reacting compound adapted to free carbon dioxide from said compound of carbonic acid. upon the addition 01' water, and a water- 16 soluble adhesive vegetable gum. I

' 3. The aunliary medical agent of claim2, to which has been added a-flavorlng compound and a perfume.

4. An auxiliary medical agent for disguising 20 the taste of oily and unpleasant tastingmedi- I cines which comprises a finely divided mixture of sodium bicarbonate, citriclacid, gum-arabic, sugar and a perfume.

5. The method of preparing castor oil for ad- -26 ministration which comprises preparing: a pleasant tasting fluid and a superposed mass of lasting bubbles of carbon dioxide, and pouring the oil through said bubble upon the surface of the liquid.

6. The process of imbibing oily and unpleasant tasting medicines which comprises placing said medicine upon a body of pleasant tasting liquid and beneath a mass of lasting bubbles of carbon dioxide and. drinking the whole. -'85 AKIYOSHI MATSUMAE. 

